Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society

Call for Expression of Interest (EOI) to conduct a comparative study on loss and profit of shrimp and agriculture cultivation.

LEDARS (Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society) is a non-profit and non-political organization that has been working for social, economic and environmental development of the poor and marginal people in southwest coastal region of Bangladesh since 2003. The southwest coastal region of Bangladesh is one of most climate vulnerable area of the country. People are facing hardship and leaving this area for better livelihoods. LEDARS is implementing some activities in Shyamnagar and Koyra Upazila of Satkhira and Khulna district to building climate resilient of the vulnerable communities. LEDARS is implementing a campaign to restore the agriculture in shrimp farm and demotivated the people not to introduce saline water shrimp firm in new agriculture land. It is also important to sensitize the media and policy makers about the issue. But it need clear massage and information about loss and profit between shrimp and agriculture cultivation. There have some document/study regarding the subject but those are not enough to give clear statistic how much people are gaining by shrimp farm and how much they are losing by stopping agriculture production. To enhance our campaign and sensitize the policy makers, LEDARS wants to conduct a comparative study on loss and profit of shrimp and agriculture cultivation. LEDARS is calling the Expression of Interest (EOI) from interested Economist, Researcher, Consulting farm or NGOs to conduct the study under Strengthening Livelihood Security of Climate Change Vulnerable People project Funded by Bread for the World.

Economist, Researcher, consulting farm or NGOs interested in applying in this call; are requested to collect Terms of Reference (ToR) by sending request to following email by 29 March 2018 and submit by 12 April 2018.   

Chairman,
Purchase Committee
LEDARS
Village: Munshigonj, Post: Kadamtalla,
Upazilla: Shyamnagar, District: Satkhira.
Email: procurement.ledars@gmail.com or info@ledars.org

LEDARS reserves the right to accept or reject any or all expression of interest without assigning any reason.